How to Dye a Lacrosse Stick Head Using Cooking Spray

Adding color to your lacrosse stick head personalizes your gear, showing team spirit and letting you stand out in the crowd. For relatively little time and money you can create a customized head at home using common household items and a few store-bought products. You can choose from endless possibilities for your new field look, such as team colors, stripes, patterns, confetti and fades. But for a splattered, psychedelic effect, cooking oil spray does the job. The oil acts as a dye retardant, allowing splashes of random color and speckled patterns to appear. The whole process takes about an hour.

Things You'll Need

  • Newspaper
  • A bucket or aluminum turkey roasting pan
  • Nylon sponge
  • Pot for boiling water
  • Dye (liquid or powder)
  • Cooking oil spray
  • Wooden paint stirrer or long metal spoon
  • Metal tongs
  • Cookie sheet or plastic garbage bag
  • Rags or old towels
  • Optional Items:
  • Liquid bleach
  • Adhesive remover
  • Rubber gloves
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Instructions

    • 1

      Place newspapers under the bucket or aluminum pan.

    • 2
      Remove the string and mesh before dropping the head into the dye

      Remove the string, mesh and any unwanted stickers from the lacrosse head and wash it with dish soap and water. Scrub off any grime on the back of the scoop and side walls with a nylon sponge, or clean the head with liquid bleach. Remove residual adhesive from stickers with an adhesive remover. Rinse and dry the head.

    • 3

      Place the head inside the bucket or pan. Measure the amount of water needed to completely submerge the plastic. Transfer the water into the pot and bring it to a boil.

    • 4

      Measure the lightest color dye you're using to the ratio of water as per the manufacturer’s instructions. Pour the dye into the container. Let the water cool for five minutes. Transfer the water into the container carefully, mixing the dye with a paint stirrer or long metal spoon until it completely dissolves.

    • 5

      Spray a light coat of oil on the sides of the head randomly or in places where you don't want the dye to color the plastic. Drop the head into the container.

    • 6

      Check the color after 15 minutes, using the tongs to lift the head up slowly. If the color isn’t rich enough, place the head back into the water and stir. Check every 15 minutes until you reach teh desired color, up to one hour.

    • 7

      Remove the head from the pan and place it on a cookie sheet or in a plastic garbage bag so the dyed water doesn't stain the floor or carpet. Rinse the head under cold water and dry it off with a rag or paper towel to remove the oil.

    • 8

      Repeat the process to overlay a darker color, making sure that you spray a heavier coat of cooking oil to retain any original plastic color and previously dyed areas.